|
|
Definition of Blue pea
1. Noun. Vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Pea
Literary usage of Blue pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion by George William Johnson (1850)
"This is a blue pea, middle sized, pods curved, 3 feet, ... A blue pea, good for
summer crop, 2 feel, bears ,. „ Improved. moderately. Old Spanish Dwarfs. ..."
2. The Modern Husbandman, Or, The Practice of Farming by William Ellis (1744)
"... when a blue Pea, and others as tender as that, will be in Perfection for
Mowing, or Hooking, in four Months ; fo different are the Qualities of ..."
3. Recent Progress in the Study of Variation, Heredity, and Evolution by Robert Heath Lock (1906)
"In 1822 John Goss recorded the fact that a ' blue ' pea crossed with a ' white '
yielded from the crossed flowers pods with white seeds only, ..."
4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"Butterfly or blue pea (Clitoria Mariana) Pea family Flowers—Bright lavender blue,
showy, about 2 in. long; from i to 3 borne on a short peduncle. ..."
Other Resources:
